MoJ crackdown on those who assist in self-harm

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Westminster

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, new measures in the Crime and Policing Bill will protect vulnerable people who are encouraged or assisted to self-harm

- New laws to protect vulnerable people at risk of self-harm

- Those who provide the tools for self-harm face up to 5 years behind bars, helping to cut crime and deliver the government’s plan for change

- Perpetrators face prosecution even if no self-harm takes place

 

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